Hardly Quotes

1520 Hardly quotes by 1098 unique authors

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And… — George Eliot
But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love.… — George Eliot
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the speaker or… — William Francis Henry King
A god could hardly love and be wise. — Publilius Syrus
Man hardly comes in more than two varieties, wherever he is, whatever he does: workers and pimps ... they're either one or the other! ...… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out. — W. Somerset Maugham
It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
It would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility — George Santayana
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and… — Desiderius Erasmus
... if it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed. — Mary Wortley Montagu
The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out what I was going to do that they could hardly… — Bill Veeck
The human mind is indeed a cave swarming with strange forms of life, most of them unconscious and unilluminated. Unless we can understand something as… — Charles Horton Cooley
In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a… — Charles Horton Cooley
People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you… — George Mikes
I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what… — Charles Kennedy
The label of liberalism is hardly a sentence to public ignominy: otherwise Bruce Springsteen would still be rehabilitating used Cadillacs in Asbury Park and Jane… — Barbara Ehrenreich
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely… — Mark Strand
If a writer disbelieves what he is writing, then he can hardly expect his reader to believe it. — Jorge Luis Borges
Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short phase… — Hilaire Belloc
There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been… — Aleister Crowley
The only real river I knew was hardly more than a brook. It spilled through a tumbledown mill at the bottom of our road, opened… — Jonathan Raban
I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great. — Raine Maida
I always got very excited about the Masters as a kid. I could hardly wait until the Wednesday when you'd get the BBC's preview. And… — Rory McIlroy
When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any… — Alexei Navalny
I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I… — James Nachtwey

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